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Black Ferns vs Wales Match Highlights | Rugby World Cup 2021

Catch up on all the highlights from New Zealand vs Wales on Match Day 4 at the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2021.

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PMcD 40 minutes ago
The coaching conundrum part one: Is there a crisis Down Under?

Sorry DW, I think I cursed him. Exeter have just announced Ikitau will be out for 3 months following shoulder surgery (against Saracens). That’s really bad luck and absolutely rotten timing (they miss the key Investec games).

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DP 46 minutes ago
Boks need more depth: 5 things on South Africa's Christmas wishlist

This is an excellent shout. He may well have seized his opportunity this year, hoping he says injury free and by far a better option than Roos.

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PMcD 53 minutes ago
The coaching conundrum part one: Is there a crisis Down Under?

Am really looking forward to that. I’ve posted the ENG stats later in the threat for the last two years and what you see is the AB’s have done less in attack (albeit still having enough chances in games) but also become less effective when they have the ball.

AB attack has struggled this year compared to 2024 and I expect will be a long way off where they were in 2023.



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Hammer Head 55 minutes ago
The coaching conundrum part one: Is there a crisis Down Under?

His being unemployed

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PMcD 1 hour ago
The coaching conundrum part one: Is there a crisis Down Under?

Same can potentially be said for IRE, it’s a remarkable coincidence the IRE attack fell off once Mike Catt left, although I am not sure they ever recovered from the loss of Sexton. Somewhere between those two exits is the answer.

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PMcD 2 hours ago
Boks need more depth: 5 things on South Africa's Christmas wishlist

The only observation I would have is how quickly things improved once Wiese & DDA returned. The attack flourished with Wiese having probably his best season in a Bok shirt and the defence shut most teams out once DDA returned at 12.

The only games the Boks didn’t look themselves were when these two were missing at the start, which are the only obvious gaps.



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PMcD 2 hours ago
Boks need more depth: 5 things on South Africa's Christmas wishlist

JL du Preez was unlucky with the injury but he will likely shine in that UBB team this season. I also think Dan du Preez has a chance, he and Wisese were very similar when they were both in the Premiership.

Dan Du Preez has been consistently better than Augustus during his stint at Northampton, so I wouldn’t rule him out so quickly.



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PMcD 2 hours ago
Boks need more depth: 5 things on South Africa's Christmas wishlist

I think you may see Dan Du Preez start to make the squad next year, as he has much better handling skills than JL and is very close to Wiese.

It wouldn’t surprise me if you see both him & Hanekom being given their opportunity next season.



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PMcD 3 hours ago
The coaching conundrum part one: Is there a crisis Down Under?

I think FRA gave ENG an awful lot of help last year, as those 4 dropped final passes when clean through could have been very different on another day and the silly SCO penalty picking Ben Curry up and then throwing him to the ground (rather than placing him down) was a silly penalty to give away that ultimately cost them the game.

. . . . But ENG have taken another 1 or 2 steps forward since then, so I think it has become more about what they do with the ball this year, rather than relying on the opposition to allow them back in the game.



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PMcD 3 hours ago
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You may want to watch the game again JW. 🥴

I’m not sure why you would think they had ENG’s number in that game, ENG looked pretty comfortable throughout and the ENG stats were almost identical to the AUS game (which they also won comfortably this year), so looks like they did the same job on both sides this Autumn.



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PMcD 3 hours ago
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Key stats 2025 ENG vs NZ and then 2024 ENG vs NZ in brackets

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PMcD 4 hours ago
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Apparently he is also in a contract tug of war to bring him back (potentially).

He & SAL would be useful additions to that WB squad next season.



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PMcD 4 hours ago
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Get the ball in Leicester’s hands, let him take out 3 defenders and then play 14 vs 12, which would give you much better odds in attack.

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PMcD 4 hours ago
The coaching conundrum part one: Is there a crisis Down Under?

It’s the muddled thinking of taking one of the best post metre carriers in World Rugby (Leicester Faingaʻanuku) and playing him on the left wing against a team that have a massive game plan around tactical kicking to contest through their wingers (which isn’t his strength), who have transformed their defence by playing a 5x7 strategy with 2x7’s to maintain their full 80 min intensity, so you refuse to move from 5|3 and bring on ALB (who is just returning from injury) and expect him to change the game.

That for me showed how disjointed and muddled decision making that is currently prevalent within the AB’s coaching set up. I honestly don’t get it and don’t think any other top team would make a call like that.



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PMcD 5 hours ago
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A bench of . . . .

Williams/Taukei'aho/Newell



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PMcD 5 hours ago
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ENG changed 3 coaches and about 3 or 4 players across their 23 and went from a team that were competitive for 60 mins to a team that could compete for the full 80.

I think NZ will be in need of the same ball park but whilst ENG have had to wait for the players to emerge (Pollock, Pepper, Calouri), I actually think AB’s have them available and is about putting them together and finding the right balance and confidence but I think the first conversations need to be about bench strategy and moving to 6|2 will be a good start.



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PMcD 5 hours ago
The coaching conundrum part one: Is there a crisis Down Under?

That’s a fair question JW and I think the alarm bells were raised in 2017 but what you really saw was a change in the defensive structures, with SA & ENG leading the way in 2019 (with very big forward packs) and with the dominance of SA from 2019, everyone followed suit by supersizing the props (where De Groot & Lomax emerged) and then we saw the return of the large 6.

Since that point, defence has really tightened up and you either beat it with speed and movement (as JS tried) or you match it with power (like FRA 2023).



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JW 5 hours ago
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Did you do an article on fast cycle one out ball from some team.. actually it might have been squidge on England or SA lol

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JW 5 hours ago
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Man the Boks certainly found theirs in Wellington!

And man haven’t they taken it to the next level since!



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PMcD 5 hours ago
The coaching conundrum part one: Is there a crisis Down Under?

I think the balance has been off during 2025 CW but there has been a bot more psychological damage since Wellington.

I do think there are some players that bring great energy off the bench and I think Williams/Taukei'aho/Newell were a very good replacement bench unit, which have been missed. I also think Tuipulotu off the bench adds something (who has been a big loss) and then if you went 6|2 it would give more options for Sititi/Vaa’i or Sittiti/Kirifi for the final 4Q.



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